Controllability of a hovercraft model (and two general results)

Modelling and controllability studies of a hovercraft system are undertaken. The system studied is a little more complicated than some in the literature in that the inertial dynamics of the thrust fan are taken into account. The system is shown to be representative of a large class of systems that a...

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Published in2004 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37601) Vol. 2; pp. 1204 - 1209 Vol.2
Main Authors Tyner, D.R., Lewis, A.D.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Piscataway NJ IEEE 2004
Subjects
Applied sciences
Computer science; control theory; systems
Control system analysis
Control systems
Control theory
Control theory. Systems
Controllability
Councils
Exact sciences and technology
Mathematics
Mechanical systems
Physics
Propulsion
Statistical analysis
Hovercraft
Large system
Controllability
Quadratic form
Modeling
Analytical function
Thrust
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Summary:Modelling and controllability studies of a hovercraft system are undertaken. The system studied is a little more complicated than some in the literature in that the inertial dynamics of the thrust fan are taken into account. The system is shown to be representative of a large class of systems that are controllable only on a set described by the zeros, of a nontrivial analytic function. Results for controllability using vector-valued quadratic forms are useful in arriving at the stated conclusions. As part of the development, two controllability results of independent interest are proved.
ISBN:9780780386822
0780386825
ISSN:0191-2216
DOI:10.1109/CDC.2004.1430205